Response in time by two TS Cops draws applauds

Hyderabad: Timely response of two constables in helping a distressed woman received applause from various quarters here on Sunday.

AB Tech student, who was allegedly under depression due to a strained relationship with her boyfriend, was contemplating suicide when she was spotted by the constables, KL Narsing Rao and DA Kumar of Langar Houz police station.

On Thursday, the constables were on their way to the police station when they came across the woman who stood near the median of Dargah Road and was crying, Langar Houz Inspector C Anjaiah said.

“The constables went to her aid but initially she refused to move from the road median,” he said. She told them about her strained affair with her boyfriend and revealed her intention to commit suicide.

The constables got her moved to the road side and counselled her against thinking of such an extreme step.

After listening to Rao and Kumar, the woman assured them that she will handle the matter judiciously. Rao said she initially sounded very vulnerable and kept saying she wanted to kill herself. “But after a long chat and couselling, she recovered and left with a smile,” he said.